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Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Porter is professor emeritus of history at the University of New Mexico. His books include Tseng Kuo-fan's Private Bureaucracy, All Under Heaven: The Chinese World, and Macau: The Imaginary City. Culture and Society, 1557 to the Present. Klappentext This clear book provides an overview of Ming-Qing China (1368-1912), its last imperial age. As the climax of the traditional era and the harbinger of modern China, Porter argues that imperial China must be explored for its own sake as well as for the insights it provides in understanding contemporary China, and indeed world history writ large. Zusammenfassung This clear book provides an overview of Ming-Qing China (1368–1912), its last imperial age. As the climax of the traditional era and the harbinger of modern China, Porter argues that imperial China must be explored for its own sake as well as for the insights it provides in understanding contemporary China, and indeed world history writ large. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations PrefaceIntroduction Part I: The Classical Legacy, 1000-1350 Chapter 1 Song: The Great Divide Chapter 2 The Barbarian Ascendancy Chapter 3 The Imperial Myth: The Mandate Of Heaven Part II: The Imperial Way, 1350-1650 Chapter 4 The Rise of the Ming Chapter 5 Autocrat, Bureaucrat, Empress, Eunuch Chapter 6 The Ming and the WorldChapter 7 Luan: Disintegration of OrderPart III: The High Qing, 1650-1800Chapter 8 The Manchu RevolutionChapter 9 Style and Substance: Imperial CultureChapter 10 Imperial Absolutism: The Monarch and the MinisterPart IV: Ming and Qing Foundations, 1368-1900Chapter 11 The Good EarthChapter 12 Merchants and MarketsChapter 13 Official Life and literati CultureChapter 14 Images in the Heavens, Pattern on the EarthChapter 15 The Spiritual WorldChapter 16 The Relevance of ConfuciusPart V: When Worlds Collide, 1500-1870Chapter 17 The Empire and the GardenChapter 18 OpiumChapter 19 The Heavenly KingdomPart VI: Continuity in Change, 1870-1890Chapter 20 Self-strengthening and its FateEpilogue The Twilight of Imperial ChinaSelected Bibliography IndexAbout the Author...
